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(Application filed Apr. 24, 1902.) um Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet I.

No. 7l5,926.-" Patented Dec. I6, I902.

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ODAVILLE YATES, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 715,926, dated December 16, 1902.

Application filed April 24, 1902. Serial No. 104,527. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern;

Be it known that l, ODAVILLE YATES, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Port- 7 land, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Show Cases or Cabinets; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a show case or cabinet designed either for indoor or street use and to be employed as a container for candies, peanuts, or other goods or commodities which are to be kept on sale.

The object of the invention is to provide a show case or cabinet which shall be simple of construction, comparatively inexpensive of production, and ornamental, and in which means are provided for heating the contents of the peanut-compartment and keeping the other compartments warm and dry, so as to prevent candy from sticking and melting in humid weather.

With the above and other objects in view, which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, said invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combination and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described, defined in the appended claim, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a front view of a show case or cabinet embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the same. Fig. 3 is a side or end view. Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a detail section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4.

The cabinet comprises in its construction an inclosing casing 1, preferably mounted upon rollers 2 to enable it to be easily moved from place to place, and also preferably provided with a superposed display chamber or compartment 3, in which samples or goods of any kind may be placed and conspicuously exposed to the view of prospective customers or observers from the exterior. This displaychamber may be either fixed or removable and is provided at top, front, and sides with walls of the cabinet.

glass panels 4 and at the rear with suitable doors 5.

The body of the casing or cabinet is double-walled to provide on one side of the center-thereof a heating-chamber 6 and a superposed peanut-com partment 7,and on the other side of the center thereof compartments 8 and 9 are arranged one above the other, together with circulating-passages for a heating medium, as hereinafter described. Each of the said compartments is provided at the rear with a hinged door 10, and the peanut-compartment has at the front and one end glass panels 11 and 12, through which the contents thereof may be viewed. The bottom of the peanut-compartment is, furthermore, constructed to form a hot-water tank or boiler 13, with which communicates a steam-dome 14, from which a vent-tube 15 extends to the exterior of the cabinet to discharge the generated steam to the atmosphere. Any desired number of these steam-domes and venttubes may be used, and preferably the same extend up into the compartment 7, so that a portion of the heat from the escaping steam may be transmitted by radiation to assist in heating said compartment. The compartment 6 contains a lamp or other heater 16, which heats the boiler 13 and the air contained within the compartment. This heated air is utilized to heat the body of the cabinet and the interior of the compartments 3, 8, and 9 and circulates through the same through passages formed by the spaces between the double Between the vertical walls of the cabinet and interior compartments are formed vertical outer passages 17 and 18, which communicate at top with an upper horizontal passage l9,disposed below the compartment 3. The passage 17 is in communication at its lower end by one or more fiues 20 with the heating-chamber 6, while the passage 19 connects at its lower end with a horizontal passage 21, extending beneath the compartment partition 23, separating it into two portions, one of which connects with the passage 19 and the other with the passage 21. The heating-chamber 6 connects with the passage 22 above and below the partition 23 through flues 24 and 25, whereby a uniform circulation of the heating medium is attained, while the compartments 8 and 9 connect with the passage 18 through ports 26 and with each otherthroughaperforated shelf orpartition 27 between them. The compartment 3 also connects with the passage 19 through ports 28. The casing 1 and compartments 3, 8, and 9 are provided with vents 29, adapted to be closed by adjustable slides 30. By means of these slides the escape of the hot air from the cabinet may be regulated as desired and any moisture or vapor from the goods allowed to vent, thus keeping the interior of the cabinet dry.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be seen that the heat from the lamp will not only keep the peanuts in the compartment 7 hot, but will also cause a circulation of hot air through and around the chambers 3, 8, and 9, causing all moisture to be dispelled, so that the goods will be kept dry in all kinds of weather. By this means candy and other goods which are liable to sweat or take up moisture and to become sticky and adhere may be kept on sale in all seasons and climates without liability of injury ordeterioration.

When the cabinet is used for indoor display, the compartments 8 and 9 may be glasspaneled to show the goods contained therein, if desired.

While the preferred embodiment of the invention is as herein disclosed, still changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A show case or cabinet comprisinga doublewalled inclosing casing having upper and lower compartments on each side of its center and air-passages about the compartments, the upper compartment on one side of the center having a boiler separating it from the compartment below, and the two compartments on the opposite side of the center being in communication with each other and with said passages, a heater in the compartment below the boiler, and fines connecting the heating-compartment with said passages, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ODAVILLE YATES.

Witnesses:

LoHIs L. LANGLEY, CLAUD LOWREY. 

